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The Speakeasy is Closing in SF
We had fun covering The Speakeasy over the last few years, it really was a fun, creative, stiff drinking ride full of surprises and wonderful performers. But the ride’s coming to an end. Here’s their parting letter… VIA – John Hill of The Speakeasy SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 29, 2019

Eddie Rickenbacker’s is Being Forced Out By Landlord
I used to go to Eddie Rickenbacker’s during How Weird Street Faire’s in the past. I’d sit at the bar in a weird costume, order a shot and a beer and grin at the floating bikes while trading stories with other How Weirdos…enjoying every minute of the oddly historical and

Summer Art Openings, Parties, & Beautiful Performance Art
Start your summer off right in San Francisco with these art events, openings, and parties– there are sexy burlesque performances, exciting shows from LA-based artists, and tons of opportunities to support local creative spaces. Here are some of the team at Broke-Ass Stuart’s best art recommendations for June: THE GREATEST

WE WANNA SEND YOU TO SEE ED LEVINE OF SERIOUS EATS AND J. KENJI-LOPEZ ALT!
Ed Levine, Founder, SeriousEats.com; Author, Serious Eater: A Food Lover’s Perilous Quest for Pizza J. Kenji López-Alt, Chef; Chief Culinary Consultant, SeriousEats.com; Columnist, “The Food Lab” Founded in 2006 by former New York Times food contributor Ed Levine, food blog Serious Eats has combined storytelling and culinary expertise to become one of the

Oakland Moves Toward Deprioritizing MUSHROOMS!!!
UPDATE: Oakland has now officially decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms. They are the second city in the US to do so. The city of Oakland moved one step closer to deprioritizing arrest and prosecution of adults who use entheogenic plants. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Oakland’s Public Safety Committee adopted a resolution

The East Bay Shows Some Early Pride
Sure, the San Francisco Pride festivities scheduled for the end of June are in a league of their own, drawing crowds of LGBTQ and allies from around the globe and that alone is an amazing thing to be part of. Oakland’s formal Pride weekend in September will give us all

Mueller to Congress: I Did My Job, Now Do Yours
Throughout the entire Special Counsel process, every move and absence of word by Robert S. Mueller has been methodical and, at least from all outward appearances, professionally ethical at the highest level. Mueller’s surprise announcement from the seventh-floor podium of the U.S. Department of Justice did not deviate from what